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On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged - Podcast

On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged

What happens when an eternal optimist and a dedicated pessimist get together for a conversation about their mental health? From suicidal idealization to rediscovering yourself after divorce to dealing with a death in the family to keeping a positive outlook after a medical diagnosis. These two longtime friends discuss it all until they end up... On Hiatus.

Talk Funny Relationships Personal Journals Anxiety Society & Culture Health & Fitness Mental Health
Update frequency
every 12 days
Average duration
75 minutes
Episodes
35
Years Active
2020 - 2024
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The One Where... Grants Mom Finally Visits

The One Where... Grants Mom Finally Visits

"The One Where... Grant's Mom Finally Visits" - Season Finale

After countless mentions, one infamous phone call attempt to shame Jay, and years of anticipation, we finally welcome Grant's Mom into th…

01:29:47  |   Thu 14 Nov 2024
The One With... Jay's Cousin Lori

The One With... Jay's Cousin Lori

"The One With... Jay's Cousin Lori" kicks off our two-part season finale with what can only be described as Grant's attempt at investigative journalism – if investigative journalism involved interrog…

01:58:15  |   Fri 01 Nov 2024
The One Where... They Read From The Notebook

The One Where... They Read From The Notebook

"The One Where... They Read From The Notebook" isn't your typical tear-jerker (though Grant probably wished it was). In this revealing episode, The Angry Ginger unearths a nine-year-old notebook - an…

01:14:16  |   Wed 23 Oct 2024
The One About... Rock Tumbling Through A Simulation Theory

The One About... Rock Tumbling Through A Simulation Theory

It's time for another mind-bending episode of "On Hiatus," where we tumble through the rocks of reality and come out... slightly more confused than before.

In this week's episode, "Rock Tumbling Thro…

00:54:19  |   Thu 17 Oct 2024
The One Where... Grant Survives Several Sicknesses

The One Where... Grant Survives Several Sicknesses

...And we're back! This time with a much healthier Grant Markham! That's right, after 3 months of sickness and disparity, Grant is able to return to the microphone to discuss not just mental health b…

00:51:48  |   Thu 10 Oct 2024
The One About... Borderline Personality Disorder

The One About... Borderline Personality Disorder

In this episode, Jay (The Angry Ginger) shares his struggles with Borderline Personality Disorder. His struggles with being a father of two daughters diagnosed with BPD. He feels guilty for potential…

01:31:46  |   Tue 30 Jul 2024
The One About... Lost Conversations On The Cutting Room Floor (Bonus Stuff)

The One About... Lost Conversations On The Cutting Room Floor (Bonus Stuff)

This week your favorite mentally challanged mental health advocates return to share their thoughts on clips that didn't make thier original episodes. These are conversations that maybe didn't fit the…

01:29:18  |   Mon 15 Jul 2024
The One About... Identity Problems and Liver Disease

The One About... Identity Problems and Liver Disease

We're back from On Hiatus... this time with possible identity problems as Grant contemplates shaving off his handlebar mustache and beard in an attempt to take a decade off his image, but will he sti…

01:02:49  |   Mon 24 Jun 2024
The One About... Living In The Moment (While On Vacation)

The One About... Living In The Moment (While On Vacation)

Grant, who normally struggles to LIVE IN THE MOMENT, made a promise to do just that while on vacation with his family. Was he able to actually live in the moment? Was there a meltdown? 

Have you ever…

01:28:53  |   Tue 11 Jun 2024
The One About... Acquiring a Prescription Coupon Before Vacationing

The One About... Acquiring a Prescription Coupon Before Vacationing

Grant is headed out on vacation, but first he has to solve an RX problem. His reactions to name brand v.s. generic are different as is the cost. But then he discovers that name brands offer extensive…

01:35:44  |   Mon 03 Jun 2024
The One About... Power Couples and Being Passionate

The One About... Power Couples and Being Passionate

Jay and Grant are back with thier personal form of armchair therapy. In this episode Grant shares how he might have gotten himself into some hot water by comparing the way he precieves Jay's relation…

00:56:18  |   Mon 13 May 2024
The One About... Defusing Cognitive Distortions

The One About... Defusing Cognitive Distortions

As if breaking down Grant's (mostly) cognitive distortions wasn't enough in this episode, Jay hits him with a fact about a high percentage of people don't have an inner monologue. This almost breaks …

01:35:12  |   Mon 18 Mar 2024
The One About... Struggling to Compartmentalize Work/Life Problems

The One About... Struggling to Compartmentalize Work/Life Problems

Does walking into a room fill you with Anxiety? Are you an immediate wallflower or do you become the life of the party? 

Anxiety can effect the way we think and present ourselves in very different wa…

00:50:44  |   Fri 08 Mar 2024
The One Where Ginger's Monstrous Anxiety Runneth Over!

The One Where Ginger's Monstrous Anxiety Runneth Over!

Greetings dearest listener! 

This week's episode was born from an actual moment in the streets, so to speak. 

Grant arrives early for a recording session. Ginger isn't ready. He's still got a studio …

00:57:00  |   Thu 22 Feb 2024
The One Where We Enter Therapy

The One Where We Enter Therapy

Welcome back dear listener! Here it is... The first OFFICIAL episode of season 3! 

Grant has officially entered therapy, which means Jason is in therapy too, right? In this ep we discuss Grant's ther…

01:32:22  |   Fri 16 Feb 2024
The One Where We Announce Our Comeback! (Season 3)

The One Where We Announce Our Comeback! (Season 3)

It's been a long while, but we are back with this here episode to announce that we are coming back! That's right, a brand new season of On Hiatus with Jay and Grant is returning! 

In this "Announcmen…

00:44:53  |   Mon 01 Jan 2024
The One Where We Drive Through The Beginnings of Our Mental Health Issues

The One Where We Drive Through The Beginnings of Our Mental Health Issues

Using our first cars as a vehicle into our past, we discuss who we were at a much younger age and some of our mental health issues then... and what we've learned from then and of course what we've ca…

01:03:04  |   Tue 12 Apr 2022
The One Where They Go To Hogwarts For Vasectomies

The One Where They Go To Hogwarts For Vasectomies

In this episode, your Hiatus Having Heroes are discussing all things vasectomy! That's right. One's had it, the other one hasn't. While explaining in more detail than any human would care to listen t…

00:48:18  |   Wed 09 Mar 2022
The One Where They Fight... About Friendship!

The One Where They Fight... About Friendship!

Even though we may or may not still be On HIatus, we were banking episodes to come back from Hiatus. This is the first of said banked episode of On Hiatus where we came off hiatus, but just long enou…

01:36:47  |   Tue 15 Feb 2022
Day 2 Hour 2 of Podtoberfest: The One Where We Relive Our Past

Day 2 Hour 2 of Podtoberfest: The One Where We Relive Our Past

This is the second hour of the LIVE portion of ON HIATUS that took place during Podtoberfest. 

Go back through the years of podcasting with us. Old recordings are used. Past events in our lives are d…

00:57:02  |   Sat 04 Dec 2021
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